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Well I've never seen any of this Gates thing.

Some vampire shows:

Dark Shadows
60s/70s soap opera with the vampire Barnabas Collins. Mostly crap.

Dark Shadows Revival
1990/91 remake with Ben Cross (Spock's father in the recent Star Trek movie) as Barnabas. Good atmosphere piece. Killed by the Gulf War, which stole everybody's attention away from it. Survived for only 12 episodes and a pilot.

Forever Knight
1992-96 Canadian show about a police detective who's an 800 year-old vampire, played by Welsh actor Geraint Wyn Davies. Ended horribly.

Kindred the Embraced
1996 show based on a roleplaying game. Mark Frankel played vampire leader Julian Luna but was killed in a motorcycle accident, which is probably why the show was cancelled after 8 episodes.

Buffy
1997-2003, the original king of the vampire shows. Sarah Michelle Gellar kills vampires and demons as Buffy Summers. Vampires on the show included Spike, Angel, Darla, Drusilla and The Master, among others.

Angel
1999-2004, spinoff of Buffy about annoying vampire Angel. Ok in its first season, but crap after that. This was another one of those vampire detective shows, particularly early in its run.

Blade the Series:
Connected to the Blade movies. Half-vampire Blade kills vampires, in alliance with vampire Krista Starr, Iraq veteran and great character. Ran for 13 episodes. 2006.

Bloodties
Christina Cox. Ran for two seasons, 2007-8.

Moonlight
2007-8 show about sexist vampire detective Mick. Logan from Veronica Mars was good in it.

True Blood
High quality HBO show that improves on Charlaine Harris's mediocre vampire books. Started in 2008 and now in its 3rd season.

Being Human
2008 (and onwards) British show about a vampire, a werewolf and a ghost living together in a house in Bristol. Genuinely Irish vampire. Cryojerry hates it.

Demons
2009 cancelled British show which ripped off Buffy and included vampires and had a sort-of-vampire in its main cast. Cryojerry loved it.

Vampire Diaries
2009+ show based on a series of kids' books, about a young woman romancing two vampires. Looks lame.